Isolated Sky Troops Wage Battle to Death in Holland
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Man Spricht Deutsch THE lei On Parle Francais , Antreten! Vor warts! TRIPES Vos parents sont-ils chez eux? AHN-tray-ten! FOR-vayrts* Dally Newspaper of U4. Armed Forces Vo parONGsownTEELshay zuh? Line up! Forward! the European Theater of Operations Are your parents at home? Vol. 1—No. 73 New York—PARIS—L o n do n Wednesday, Sept. 27,1944 Peace Plan Foxhole Imagination Boosts V% Into V* Isolated Sky troops Wage WITH THIRD U.S. ARMY, For Reich France, Sept. 26 (UP).—Front- line foxhole rumors describe Germany's unseen V : as a roc- Stirs a Rift ket bomb, 60 feet long, five feet Battle to Death in Holland; in diameter, weighing 14 tons, propelled by liquid air and al- By John M. Hightower cohol, controlled by, radio and having an exploding radius of Associated Press Correspondent. more than a mile. Guesses as U.S. Fronts in Grip of Lull WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 to the size of the weapon have (AP) .—President Roosevelt's doubled in the past week. Disinterested observers here cabinet committee on German are wagering that V2 will rank TDs Stream Into Reich Jl peace policy has split wide in size with the 103-story Empire Lifeline North open, it was learned today, State Building in New York by over a plan sponsored by Se- the time the Yanks cross the Widened by j? cretary of the Treasury Henry Rhine. : ^ Morgenthau for completely British destroying Germany as a GIs Terrorized ; modern industrial state and Their strength sapped by converting it to an agricultural country of small farms. In Paris? Army mounting casualties and a • Morgenthau's plan was drawn up nine-day struggle against ter- after his recent return from the European b? fronts and England, Denies Rumors rific odds, a dwindling Brit- and is reported to have had the ish airborne army yesterday general approval of Mr. Roosevelt Categorically, denying any wide- since before hi.-- Quebec cenference continued its heroic stand spread acts of violence or terrorism wiih Prime Minister Churchill. It west of Arnhem, in Holland, failed to win support, however, from against American soldiers in Paris, Secretary of State Corde'l Hull, and Col. E. G. Buhrmaster, Seine Base but field dispatches hinted is violently opposed by War Secre- Section provost marshal, declared that only immediate relief in tary Henry L. Stimson. Hull, Stim- son and Morgenthau form the cabi- yesterday that most troops injured strength could save the sky- net committee. in France's leading city were victims troops. of traffic accidents. Program Planning Stalled There was no confirmation of a The Army police chief quashed German report that 600 men- For the time being, the dispute city-wide rumors that numerous remnants of units dropped into over the Morgenthau plan has so American soldiers had been stabbed Holland to pave the Way for a interfered with Treasury, War and or shot in Faris alleys, stating that British thrust to the Rhine—had State Department work on detailed since the first 10 c'ays after the surrendered. arrangements for the post-war con- liberation only occasional cases of However, front-line reports indi- trol of Germany that the three- foul play had been reported. cated that the besieged garrison, power pla Jiing by this country, "These incidents were no more isolated near Oosterbeek, two miles Britain and Russia on a long-range than what could normally be ex- west of Arnhem, was holding under German policy also is virtually pected in a city this size," Buhr- murderous enemy fire, awaiting jjC stalled. master said, noting that perpetra- aid from the British Second Army, President Roosevelt presented the. tors of these isolated outrages which was massed on the south Morgenthau plan to the Prime included U.S. trpops themselves as bank of the Lek River. Minister tX Quebec. well as civilians. Morgenthau came away from RAF Strikes in Support No General Passes U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. Quebec wi„h the* impression Chur- Soon after the Nazis announced He added that in the first 10 days Water Is no obstacle to these U.S. tank destroyers, which ford chill found 1 *s proposals acceptable, the surrender of the beleaguered after liberation an average of four stream as they advance into Germany. The Americans entered especially since Anthony Eden was troops, the RAF sent more than murders were committed a day. the Reich in force on Sept. 12. reported to hold similar views. 1,100 heavy bombers to strike in Since, there have been only occa- Russia's plans are unknown, but support of the trapped airborners. Morgenthau based his plans on sional incidents. Pounded were Osnabruck, Hamm The provost marshal denied that these three assumptions about and Bremen, communication cen- terrorism was the reason for- placing Manchuria Hit Russia: M18 TD Earns ters orf the main railroad supplying Paris off-limits to men on pass 1. —It wants East Prussia and German troops defending the Lek. most of Silesia given to Poland to except those in the immediate area. A trickle of supplies and rein- He said food and housing shortages By B29s-Japs offset Poland's loss of eastern ter- Praise of Army forcements for the paratroopers al- ritory to the Soviet. were the main reasons for the ban. American super-Forts have bombed ready has been shipped across the 2. —It wants German labor bat- Except when they are on official WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—The Anshan, important industrial city Lek, but rescue of the troops rests talions to be put to work in the business, no officers or enlisted men Army's new tank destroyer, the in Manchuria, already twice raided on a Second Army crossing of the Soviet Union for reconstruction. are allowed in the capital unless M18, has proved its effectiveness by B29s, Tokyo Radio reported yes- river in strength. Apparently, the 3. —It wants the U.S. and Britain they are stationed in the "Paris with "smashing- performances" in terday. The War Department said Germans are massed on the north to occupy Germany, in view of her area," which includes the city itself France, the War Department said only that "military targets" had bank in wait for any such opera- own big manpower needs. and most of the suburbs except today. been attacked by the super-Forts. tion. Hull is known to be determined Versailles. Men in the city on offi- "The M18 is the hottest thing-.in Meanwhile, reports from Peleliu As Gen. Dempsey's right flank that whatever plan is decided on cial business must carry written Islands, in the Palaus, said that U.S. pushed out to the east to widen must be agreeable to Russia as a orders to that effect, it was stated. today's armored warfare," accord- marines had killed 8,288 Japs in the corridor stretching from Bel- basis of co-operation for a world Meanwhile, MP officials reiter- ing to Capt. Charles R. Adkins, their drive inland. A single Cata- gium to the Dutch city of Nijme- security organization. ated that no Army vehicle may be Army automotive expert just back left unattended. All driverless jeeps lina flying-boat has sunk two de- gen, British and Belgian patrols, from front-line observation with the Morgenthau Plan and trucks are being picked up by stroyer escorts and a submarine heading for the German frontier, The Morgenthau plan is under- MPs. Third Army. tender in the Gulf of Davao, in the fanned ou| on a 42-mile front to- ward the Meuse. The Germans stood to provide:— There is a GI transient parking Ten bogey wheels on Hie M18 Philippines, and a U.S. Navy plane 1. —The removal from Germany lot in Paris where vehicles may be each operate independently, and destroyed a 10,000-ton tanker in the were reported to be blowing up to devastated countries of what- left under MP guard. It is at' the thus one broken wheel will not in- Celebes. Land-based aircraft bombed their Meuse bridges. ■> ever industrial machinery these Jardin des Tuileries, Just off the capacitate the TD. The vehicle the harbor and shipping at Chichi The British Second Army, after ^ nations want and the destruction Place de la Concorde. mounts cannon. Hima, in the Bonins. smashing savage Germ?n attempts to cut the Allied lifeline from Bel- of the remainder. 2. —The permanent closing of gium, widened the corridor by ad- whatever mines remain in the post- vancing eastward to capture the towns of Helmond, Deurne, and war German state. Guts Took the Bridge at Nijmegen I.Iook. Liberation of the three 3. —The cession of the Saar and towns virtually opened another western German industrial areas route northward for the British. to France and the eastern areas frontal assault, decided to cut a half miie WITH U.S. AIRBORNE TROOPS IN HOL- In contrast to the fierce battle to Poland. LAND, Sept. 26 (AP). — For raw courage, northwest of the town, leap the river, turn raging in Holland, there was a com- 4. -—The dissolution of large Ger- east and come on the bridge from behind. parative lull on the First and Third man land holdings to small, farms. the battle for Nijmegen bridge fought by U.S. Army fronts from north of 5. —To withhold assistance, eco- American airborne troops ranks with the The general was informed of the scheme nomic or otherwise, to the German Marine capture of Tarawa in the Pacific. at 9 PM on Sept. 20. At first it was necessary (Continued on Page 4) people, forcing them to make their It was a Masterpiece of military im- to plot the clearing of the enemy from the own way.